polyelectrolyte

polyelectrolyte

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
French électro-bor.
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Latin electro-bor.
English electro-
English -lyte
English polyelectrolyte

    From poly- + electro- + -lyte.

    Noun

    polyelectrolyte (plural polyelectrolytes)

    1. A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).
      • (Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk‎[1]:
        This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.

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